Media Advisory - Privacy Commissioner to testify before Parliamentary committee on Privacy Act reform

OTTAWA, March 9, 2016 /CNW/ - Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien will appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics tomorrow. He will discuss his views on the critical need to reform the Privacy Act, which applies to the personal information handling practices of federal government institutions.

Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016

Time: 8:45-10:45 a.m.

Location: Room 268, The Valour Building, 151 Sparks St., Ottawa

Note: The Commissioner will be available to answer questions immediately after his appearance.

SOURCE Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Valerie Lawton, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, E-mail: [email protected]; NOTE: Journalists are asked to please send requests via e-mail.